Matter and Spirit of Life

The artist extracted colours from three different flower species: safflowers, gerberas, and hibiscuses. Alum crystals were grown in these colours, preserving the colours of the flowers inside the crystallising alums. One decoloured flower from each species is displayed alongside the corresponding colourful crystals.

The work is inspired by a notion that most of the organisms, both in the plant and in the animal world, seem to lose their colours in death, as if life itself is hidden in the colours.